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Gilbert Corners, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Putnam Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 10579. It stands on West Branch Canopus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oscawana Lake quadrangle.

Gilbert Corners within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gilbert Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gilbert Corners, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

331 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 41 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined153
Arson/incendiarism41
Natural39
Smoking31
Debris and open burning25
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert Corners: 30 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite PitsIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027StonePast Producer
N. Bradley's Limonite PitIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunnybrook1.1 miles40
Oscawana Corners1.6 miles40
Dennytown1.9 miles40
Crofts Corners2.4 miles41
Nelson Corners2.5 miles42
South Highland2.6 miles42
Adams Corners3.5 miles41
Tompkins Corners3.6 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951090. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.